You can override the
text style and apply different formatting to individual words and
characters within multiline text.
The
format changes affect only the text you select; the current text
style is not changed.
You can specify a different font and text height
and apply boldface, italics, underlining, overlining, and color.
You can also set an obliquing angle, change the space between characters,
and make characters wider or narrower. The Remove Formatting option
on the menu of options resets the character attributes of selected
text to the current text style and also resets the text color to
the color of the mtext object.
The text height setting specifies the height
of capitalized text. For more information about how height is calculated,
see MTEXT.
To format characters in
multiline text
- If the ribbon is active, double-click
a multiline text object to open the MTEXT ribbon contextual tab.
If the ribbon is not active, the In-Place Text Editor is displayed.
- Select the text you want to format:
- To select one or more letters, click
and drag the pointing device over the characters.
- To select a word, double-click the word.
- To select a paragraph, triple-click the
paragraph.
- On either the ribbon contextual tab or
toolbar, make format changes as follows:
- To change the font of the selected text,
select a font from the list.
- To change the height of the selected
text, enter a new value in the Height box.
- To format text in a TrueType font with
boldface or italics, or to create underlined or overlined text for
any font, click the corresponding button on the ribbon. SHX fonts
do not support boldface or italics.
- To apply color to selected text, select
a color from the Color list. Click Other to display the Select Color
dialog box.
- To set an obliquing angle for the text,
enter a value between -85 and 85. A positive value slants text to
the right. A negative value slants text to the left.
- To change letter spacing in the selected
text, enter a new value.
- To change the width of characters in
the selected text, enter a new value.
- To save your changes and exit the editor,
use one of the following methods:
- On the MTEXT ribbon
contextual tab, in the Close panel, click
Close Text Editor.
- Click in the drawing outside the editor.
- Press CTRL+ENTER.
CommandsDDEDIT
Edits single-line text,
dimension text, attribute definitions, and feature control frames.
MTEXT
Creates a multiline
text object.
PROPERTIES
Controls properties
of existing objects.
STYLE
Creates, modifies, or
specifies text styles.
System VariablesTEXTFILL
Controls the filling
of TrueType fonts while plotting.
TEXTSTYLE
Sets the name of the
current text style.
